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David Higney Recognized By Best Lawyers in America

Aug 22, 2023

David Higney Recognized By Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law and Energy Regulatory Law

Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, PC would like to congratulate David C. Higney for his inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Once again, David is being recognized by his peers in two practice-area categories: Environmental Law and Energy Regulatory Law. Mr. Higney is a Member of Grant Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., a 28-attorney firm based in Chattanooga, where he previously served as Managing Director. David earned his undergraduate business degree, with honors, from UT-Chattanooga and then obtained his law degree from the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville.


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Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison elects Attorney Kane Shepherd as Director

22 Jan, 2024
The Board of Directors of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison ("GKH"), a Chattanooga law firm, are pleased to announce the election of Kane Shepherd as Director at the firm. Kane guides clients in all aspects of real estate matters, financial and lending transactions, and mergers & acquisitions. Kane represents clients ranging from startups to businesses with large international footprints. Kane is a native of Montana who joined the firm in 2019. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Montana, and received his J.D. with a concentration in business transactions from the University of Tennessee in 2018. Prior to joining GKH, Kane clerked at the Hamilton County Chancery Court for the Honorable Pamela A. Fleenor and the Honorable Jeffrey M. Atherton, and previously worked as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service. To learn more about Mr. Shepherd, please visit his webpage at http://www.gkhpc.com . Contact him at 423-756-8400 or by email at kshepherd@gkhpc.com .

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April Sawhill Elected as Director

14 Feb, 2023
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison is please to announce the election of Ms. Sawhill as a Director at the Firm

Katherine Lentz Elected as Director

By Sandy Vander Griend • 14 Feb, 2023
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison is pleased to announce the election of Ms. Lentz as a Director at the Firm

Hollie Floberg Elected as Director

By Sandy Vander Griend • 14 Feb, 2023
Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison is pleased to announce the election of Ms. Floberg as a Director at the Firm

Katherine Lentz Elected to Chattanooga Bar Association Board of Governors

By Sandy Vander Griend • 14 Feb, 2023
CBA members voted in by acclamation Katherine Lentz, Keith Grant, and Logan Threadgill

Brittany Faith recognized at a Volunteer 40 under 40

07 Dec, 2022
Congratulations to Brittany T. Faith on her recognition as a Volunteer 40 Under 40 recognizes forty alumni under the age of 40 who have excelled personally and professionally since completing their degree at UT Knoxville. Brittany Faith is a nationally recognized immigration attorney who has committed herself to service. At UT’s College of Law she was heavily involved in community service and leadership roles, including serving as director of UT Law’s Pro Bono program; treasurer of Law Women, American Bar Association (ABA) representative for the Student Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Midsouth law school liaison, and creator/founder of UT Law’s U Visa Alternative Spring Break. Faith currently serves as the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division president, one of only 21 elected directors across the country to the AILA Board of Governors, and the Fit2Practice director for the ABA Young Lawyers Division Council. In addition, she regularly donates her time to pro bono and low bono immigration work, which is an area of law with a lack of resources due to federal funding limitations.

Welcome to the Firm Savannah F. May

07 Dec, 2022
Grant, Konvalinka and Harrison, P.C. is pleased to announce Savannah May has joined the firm as an associate. Savannah is a native of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee and attended Soddy-Daisy High School. She graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2017 with the highest honors, earning a B.A. in English: Rhetoric and Professional Writing and a B.A. in Spanish. Savannah attended law school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she graduated in 2022 with the highest honors. While in law school, Savannah received awards of excellence in 11 law school courses. She also represented clients as a student attorney in the Domestic Violence Clinic, trained as a student mediator in the Family Mediation Clinic, and participated in a presentation on mediation involving intimate partner violence at the Knoxville Family Justice Center’s Inaugural Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Conference. Savannah has worked at GKH since 2017 and has worn many hats during her time with the firm. She clerked for GKH throughout law school and joined the firm as an attorney in 2022. Savannah’s areas of practice include family law and civil litigation. In her spare time, Savannah enjoys practicing yoga, playing with her French Bulldog Otis, and spending time in the mountains where she grew up.
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